Show I i rj1r 1t O Lr i1U 7 I 7 t 1 Iyti d x l ll ll r t1 R Vr I r r 1 J Theatre bgobis are grateful for the i week just gone because their wish for I i something firstclass in the amusement Sine tray fulfilled The time between Storet Service and The Idols Eye she w ed an utter dearth of novelty and i 1 while so totally different that even a mention in the same breath is ridicu Ious yet both bore the New York stamp of approval and both brought I out the reserve forces of Salt Lake 1 theatregoers The Daniels company presented operas light as air bright tuneful and comical with fun the only element which put up a claim for ex treme excellence Asa comic opera comedian Frank Daniels certainly has no superior for his odd appearance coupled with his inexhaustible fund of humor make him irresistible The company and settings were all that were claimed for themthat is I that they wereidentical with the New York productions Eveything about the engagement from posters to the I costume details of the chorus was first class and all this was freshing to the eye in no small degree Mr Daniels Salt Lake has certainly placed you on its list of favorites this week and will be glad to see you again < At the Grand the lurid meiodrama came to a close on We Jn sday evening The house took three days in which to repair damages and will open again Monday evening in quite a different srt of production which will attract at-tract the regular patrons of the Grand and also that other class whn > h is not 1 enticed by approaching trains Chicago fires elevated railroads etc < a r Harry Corson Clarke a favorite comedian in Salt Lake Mill present his successful farce What Happened to Jone It has been given before in Salt Lake and the story of the hymn bin k drummer drum-mer who sells playing cards on the side masquerading as the bishop t Ballarat is sufficiently familiar to obviate ob-viate the necessity of repetition in these columns With Mr riake comes an efficient company including Mrs Adele Clarke his n they who plays the part of the maacUn aunt 06 4 r > rothy Morton who will he at the Theatre Monday and Tuesday is one of the best known light opera prima donnas in this count Her latest no ta tallesuccess was as 0 Mimosa San the principal role in the Geisha In her tour this season she confines herself exclusively to a repertoire of popular pnglish operas of the kind made famous fa-mous in this Country by Emma Abbott gil Lillian Russell Starring jointly vrith Miss Morton is Mr Hubert Wilke the well known baritone and the companY com-panY includes Mr Edward Webb Mr George Callahan Mr Ben Dodge Mr phin Noires and Miss Josephine Baird Air Frederic LIndsey is leader of orchestra or-chestra A thoroughly firstclass production I pro-duction is promised in accordance with I the prices and Salt Lake will have a I I cliance to Indulge its taste for high r class light operap6 p6 0 And this week Salt Lake is to have a I taste of grand opera it is a cause I for rejoicing and it t is to be hoped that I this engagement somewhat of a rarity in these parts will be all that is ex 1 farrtwl of it Mme Clementine de Vere o t f E fj enjoys an excellent reputation in this country and has at different times been a member of the Metropblitan Opera company where she has always sung leading roles Notwithstanding that it is somewhat sudden the engagement en-gagement is one of the most notable of the season The other singers who complete com-plete the quartette are Miss Eleanore Broadfoot contralto a Brooklyn girl who has mElt with great success eust George Mitchell tenor also a rising American artist and Mr Winfred Goff baritone a young and successful Massachusetts Mass-achusetts singer Signor Romualdo Sa pio the husband of Mme de Vere directs di-rects and is one of the best known operatic conductors in the country nn operatic programme will be given by these artists at the Theatre on Friday consisting of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet the tower and prison scenes from II Trovatore the mad stone from Lucia and the song I cycle In a Persian Garden T rte I f ilrlr r t 1 1 I a 1 t T i a e 1 t t 1t It SLt t kl I HARRY CORSON CLARKE The last named has been done with great success east but is a novelty and a weldome one in this part of the country The music is by Liza Lehman Leh-man an Englishwoman who has become be-come known by this work The words are taken from Fitzgeralds translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and the Oriental coloring of words and I music gives promise of a peculiar charm rAn r-An augmented orchestra under the I direction of Signor Sapio will accompany I accom-pany the singers This is pleasant I news and well to know lest nightmares night-mares arise of Scalchis operatic concert con-cert with the accompaniment of one upright piano The Appreciation of the West Some of the traditions of the theatrical theat-rical world are rather hard to understand I under-stand and one of the strange fallacies which seems to be popular with some I managers is that the west demands a I different sort of entertainment than the east A theatrical man was asked for I instance why The Geisha one of the I I prettiest light operas ever produced in i j this country was never brought further fur-ther west than Omaha He answered I Oh The Geisha is an eastern opera People out here would not hve liked it I Even in St Louis and Omaha it did I a poor business It is pretty hard to explain why this should be When I western people go east they seem to enjoy the amusements offered and the way they flockfairly flock to see anything I any-thing in their native towns with the New York sign of approval on itt it-t shows the theory to be all wrong The I explanation is only the managers delicate deli-cate way of putting it What he really I means is that we out west are not educated I edu-cated up to the proper standard to appreciate what the east enjoys There i is an old stdek phrase which says something about the east for artistic success and the west for financial success suc-cess This would seem to imply that out here we would pay to see anything any-thing While it is true that we bestow I liberal patronage on productions that wouldnt even be on Broadway in New I York it is because we must do this ifI we would gratify our inclination for amusement We cannot exercise much discernment because there is no choice we must take what we get or do Without But tthef idea of implying j I J > Yid ID that we lack proper discrimination as an excuse for withholding certain notable nota-ble productions is one that deserves to be refuted for it is a reflection on the artistic judgment of the westthat very section of this country which has I given to the world of art some of its highest stars AS regards The Geisha in particular particu-lar there was another story afloat at the time of the disbandment of the company Augustin Daly gave the use of his name to the organization with the understanding that the production was to equal the New York one in every wayi The terms of the agreement agree-ment were not fulfilled and Daly closed them pso the story goes According to this if the company did not do good business in western cities the fact only reflects credit on the taste of the public pub-lic Recent Notable Productions I One of the important openings of recent re-cent date was that of NatC Goodwin and Maxine Elliott in Nathan Hale at the Knickerbocker theatre New York The play is by Clyde Fitch one of I the best known of American dramatists dram-atists and this latest effort is said to excel all his previous work It is based on a familiar tragic episode of the revolutionary war but this incident inci-dent is used as the foundation for an interesting play rather than for a historic his-toric drama Nathan Hale is depicted in the first part of the play as the schoolmaster who is in love with one of his pupils Alice Adams played by Maxine El liott This pupil he finds an excuse to keep in after school and during recess re-cess and there are some charming scenes between them In the succeed ing acts he is shown as Captain Hale when he accepts the mission as a spy The end of the play is where Hale Is hanged in the apple orchard The scene I is enacted entirely in pantomime and is said to be highly impressive and artistic thus avoiding a harrowing ex hibition of grief which language would be almost certain to overdo The company com-pany includes Mr William Ingersoll who is well and favorably known to Salt Lakers 3IASCAGNFS NEW OPERA Pietro Mascagni composer of that gem Cavalleria Rusticana has given another opera to the world which in the opinion of some critics outshines what has until now been his masterpiece master-piece Iris as the work is called was pro duced about two months ago in Italy and has created a great sensation For the opening performance critics came j from Germany France Belgium and I England The utmost enthusiasm prevailed pre-vailed during the evening and Viva I Mascagni was shouted with such force that the ciy was taken up by the ijoo ple on the sidewalk A description of the work is interesting to al who have had an opportunity to enjoy Cavilleria Rusticana notwithstanding that it ives rise to a Innh t 0 vUbUb o see and hear this latest inspiration for onesself Iris is a beautiful Japanese maiden who is abducted by an adventurer dur ing a street dance by three girls dressed to symbolize Death Beauty and a Vampire Her old blind father iis3ing her calls in piteous tones which are repeated by the orchestra in such away I a-way as to bring tears to the eyes of the I abdience The scene of her death is particularly beautiful While dying she prays to the sun not to forsake I her and it in answer casts its rays I over her and brings into bloom all around her the iris her name 1ov er The opening symphony of the opera describes the dawn of daythe rising of the sunthe opening of the lowers which actually do open in sight of the audienceand the voices of men and women as the world awakens Iris then sings of a dream she has had and the theme of the song is repeated re-peated whenever she appears in the opera A serenade sung to Iris by Osaka the adventurer who has her ab ducted is pronounced by some critics to be the most beautiful serenade ever written A novelty in the opera is a real Japanese lullaby accompanied by real Japanese instruments The principal prin-cipal roles in the opera are sung by Mme Darctee who was a member of Colonel Maplesons illfated company I in New York three years ago and by Signor De Lucia who is favorite fa-vorite tenor |